Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

I had this issue on a 4s. It seems like turning off iMessage, resetting the network settings, and turning iMessage back on remedied the issue. It was pretty frustrating while it was broken tho. SMS seemed to still work fine.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

The only way I know of to get rid of that is to update to iOS 7. Sorry.

Slightly off topic, but I often get dialogs saying "turn on wireless settings for better accuracy" (or similar). The options are "Ok" and "Settings". How about "Cancel" and "Settings", because "Ok" should mean "do it", and I keep on losing posts, etc.

One of the things Steve Jobs did that was great was "don't tell me unless I really, really need to know" - and I really, really, really don't need to be asked this question - which interrupts my workflow. I think I can confidently say that Steve would NOT have approved of this.

I have a slightly different issue with iMessage. Both my Wife and I use the same Apple ID so we can share apps and music and whatnot. This used to work fine, but in with iOS 7 when people send either of us a message it appears on both phones. We can fix this by going into settings and unchecking the other phone from the iMessage tab, but the other phone re-checks itself after some random amount of time and we start getting each other's messages again.

It's particularly annoying when I'm sending a message to her and getting copies of all of my messages.

I don't know if this is a bug or if it's just working as intended and the new behavior, but I'd like to find a way to force it to honor the settings when I change them.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

Getting rid of the red flag is easy. Just install iOS 7 and disable the settings app from being a badge application. Voila, no more nagging.

I have a slightly different issue with iMessage. Both my Wife and I use the same Apple ID so we can share apps and music and whatnot. This used to work fine, but in with iOS 7 when people send either of us a message it appears on both phones. We can fix this by going into settings and unchecking the other phone from the iMessage tab, but the other phone re-checks itself after some random amount of time and we start getting each other's messages again.

It's particularly annoying when I'm sending a message to her and getting copies of all of my messages.

I don't know if this is a bug or if it's just working as intended and the new behavior, but I'd like to find a way to force it to honor the settings when I change them.

Get your own Apple IDs for contacts, iMessages, calendars and what not, but sign into the App Store with the ID you're using now. That way, no confusion.

I hope they are also fixing the Music File upload bug with a high priority. I think it's kinda embarrassing that it's not possible to upload new MP3s to iOS7 with iTunes. My good old iPod now came in handy again, though!

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

Getting rid of the red flag is easy. Just install iOS 7 and disable the settings app from being a badge application. Voila, no more nagging.

Where did you find it? Just curious. I went to Notification Settings and there's nothing there.

Remind me again why Apple still thinks it is a good idea to have system app updates tied to operating system releases?

I can't think of a good reason why I can't open the App Store and see updates to iMessage, or Safari, or Mail, etc etc etc. Or just update in the background and get a nice notification, "iMessage has been updated".

Remind me again why Apple still thinks it is a good idea to have system app updates tied to operating system releases?

I can't think of a good reason why I can't open the App Store and see updates to iMessage, or Safari, or Mail, etc etc etc. Or just update in the background and get a nice notification, "iMessage has been updated".

Not everyone wants the google style app suite with super root privileges that can do whatever google wants on your phone?

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

Getting rid of the red flag is easy. Just install iOS 7 and disable the settings app from being a badge application. Voila, no more nagging.

I suspect you're being facetious, but even in iOS 7, there's no Notification Center setting for Settings

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

Getting rid of the red flag is easy. Just install iOS 7 and disable the settings app from being a badge application. Voila, no more nagging.

I suspect you're being facetious, but even in iOS 7, there's no Notification Center setting for Settings

Does anyone know how to get rid of the red flag on settings that says there is a software update on my iPhone 4? I don't want to get ios 7 especially after reading here that it runs slow on an iPhone 4.

I've got a 4 and it's been fine for me. It even feels quicker in some cases (app switching mostly). I think the tests Ars did were based on stock app load times when not already in memory. Once the app is loaded it seems a lot quicker to switch to it than on iOS6, and to be honest I've not actually noticed any app loads being slower.

EDIT: it is possible that I've been caught in Apple's reality distortion field though and I'm just not noticing the slower-ness because I'm too busy going... OOOOOO SHINEY! and A FLASHLIGHT ON MY LOCKSCREEN? YES!

I have a slightly different issue with iMessage. Both my Wife and I use the same Apple ID so we can share apps and music and whatnot. This used to work fine, but in with iOS 7 when people send either of us a message it appears on both phones. We can fix this by going into settings and unchecking the other phone from the iMessage tab, but the other phone re-checks itself after some random amount of time and we start getting each other's messages again.

I thought it was something Sprint related. I used to get iMessages, then immediately go to respond, and it would hang for 30 seconds and then fail. Also had the issue that my iPad or Mac mini would intercept iMessages (thus marking them delivered) and I wouldn't ever get them on my iPhone. (rare but equally annoying) I just turned it off completely and use SMS now, and use Facebook messenger on my iPad

The problem is a failure to send an iMessage. It will be stuck on "Sending..." Turning off iMessage, resetting network settings, and turning iMessage back on fixes it. But there is still a bug in which the message will not auto send as an SMS message, even when the feature is turned on in settings.